Liquid-dispensing device



Feb. 26, 1929. Y 1,703,327

R. B. TRACY LIQUID DISPENSING DEVICE Filed July v2, 192i?` J6 Z0 g 2l y ifi f6 7 HHHHIIWH HHHHHH 9 Mmmm latented Feb. l 25, 1929.

UNETED STATES ROBERT BENEDICT TRAGY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LIQUID-DISPENSING DEVICE.

Application filed July 2, 1928. Serial No. 289,637.

My invention relates to that class of household, hotel and oflice appliances for serving water and beverages of various kinds, the device to be used in hotel rooms, on the household table, or in othces where ordinarily a pitcher or bottle of water is commonly used for supplying drinking water or beverages.

The object of my invention is to provide a very simple device by means of which a person may get a drink, if desired, with the least effort and not requirev the lifting up of any bottle or pitcher in order to pour out the contents of a single serving'.

Reference will be had to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my device.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation transversely of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a plan view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The liquid to be served is carried in a bottle indicated by 2 here shown as an ordinary bottle but in general service this will be what is known as a vacuum bottle being a double walled bottle having a vacuum space in be- 7 tween as is commonly used for keeping its contents either het or cold without serious loss by radiation.

rllhe bottle 2 is contained within a case having a base plate 3 provided with an annular screw flange 11- screwed into a screw threaded ring 5 into a square base member 6 which is merged into a portion of smaller diameter 7 which is cov fred atthe top by cap 8 the cap 8 being provided with flanges 9 that are secured to the top of the rectangular walls of the portion 7 .y On the inner sidey of the cap plate 8 there is secured a plug 10 and projecting through this plug 10 extending down toward the bottom of the bottle there is the tube 11. A vent hole 12 passes through the plug 10 into the top of the neck of the bottle where a slight ventilation or release of vacuum takes place as the liquid is taken out of the bottle. Secured tightly to` the cap 8 there is a square tubular upward extending portion 123 simulating what might be termed an oldsfashioned wooden square pump and this portion 18 acts as a pump cylinder into which there is mounted a suction block 14 connected at 15 to a pump rod 16 connected at 17 to a pump handle 18 hinged at 19 to a swinging block 2O hinged at 21 to the square cylinder portion 18. A ball 22 shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 furnishes a valve for the suction block 14. A similar ball23 furnishes the,foot valve for the pump cylinder portion 13. Thus there is arranged a small pump with its lower pipe and extending down into the interior of the bottle 2. A gasket 211- (see Fig. 2) closes the mouth of the bottle to steady the bottle in position and make a tighter closure to prevent any foreign matter' or dirt to get in on the inside of the bottle. e

An angular shoulder 25 in the base plate 3 steadies the bottom of the bottle in position as the same is inserted inside the casing. On the outside of the portion 7 there are some hooks or brackets 2G on which are hung small glasses or little buckets 27 through the medium of bails 28 which buckets may be hung onto a spout 29 of the pump cylinder portion 13, thus hold the cup or glass by hand under the spout 29 at the time the pump handle is worked in drawing Huid from the bot-tle into the glass 27. These cups 0r glasses 27 may be made of metal or any material suitable for the purpose.

The device as a whole makes a very convenient article with which to serve a drink of water or beverage without the necessity of lifting up a bottle or pitcher and it is a safety device as well since in handling a bottle or pitcher and lifting it up it frequently slips out of the persons hand by accident resulting in dropping the bottle or pitcher which accidents often result in the breaking of the bottle or pitcher and with my way of serving the liquid no such danger of accident is encountered as is the case with bottles or pitchers normally used in hotel rooms and en serving tables. Further, no gas pressure is required in withdrawing the material from the bottle or container in serving.

Claims:

1..In an apparatus for dispensing beverages and the like, a container adapted to hold a bottle in which is carried a 'fluid to be served, said container having an enclosure adapted to enclose the entire bottle and having an opening in the bottom thereof through which the said bottle is inserted and a plug on the inside of the said container adapted to register with and hold the neck of the bottle in place and a base bottom adapted to screw upward into the container and hold the bottle in place inside of the container, a pump extending above the container and a pipe running down into the interior of the container and into the interior of the bottle and adapted to pump the contents of the bottle making it unnecessary toy upward and discharge it into any suitable receiving cup.

2. In an apparatus 'for dispensing beverages and the like, an enclosing container ior a bottle, said container having an opening in the bottom through which a bottle is adapted to loe inserted upwardly, a registering plug in the upper end of the container adapted to engage the orifice ot the bottle, a vent hole extending through the said plug, a pump arranged on the top of the container and having a pipe extending down through the said .pump and into the interior ot the bottle and a handle for operating Vthe said pump.

3. In an apparatus tor dispensing beverages and the like, a. container' tor holding a bottle, a base plate forming the bottom of 'the container and adapted to be reu'ioveil 'for the entrance of a bottle to the container, a cover lined on the top ot the cnntainer and a plug fixed in the cover and adapted to enter into and engage the nozzle of the bottle, an elastic gasket surrounding the said plug and adapted to make a close lit into the orilice of the bottle, a vent hole extending through the plug up into the interior eil*l the container, a pump mounted on the top ot the said container, a pipe extending down into the interior ot the bottle, a pump snout simulating an ordinary water pump and adapted to hold a bucket by a bail and a pump handle adapted to work the said pump, 'he said pump being permanently xed to the top ot the said container.

4. In an apparatus for dispensing beverages and the like, a container enclosing a bottle and vhaving an opening in its base and said opening closed by a screw threaded base cap and said cap having a seat adapted to register'the base of the bottle in position and the said container having a flat cap permanently secured to the top et the said container, a plug` on the inside of the said cap and a gasket mounted on the said plug, the said plug and gasket adapted to enter into the orifice of the neck of the bottle, a pipe extending down through the said plug andv into the interior of the bottle held within the container, a pump affixed to the top oi' the said cover of the said container and connected to the said pipe and adapted to pump the contents of a. bott-le contained within the container upward and discharge it through a laterally directed pump spout.

5. In an apparatus for dispensing beverages and the like, in combination, a container having an open bottom, a bottle containing the fluid to be dispensed insertable in said bottom and into the contines ot the container, a plug immovably secured to the upper wall ol the container for engaging the mouth ot Y the bottle, a tube extending through the plug and downwardly into the bottle, va cylinder mounted upon the upper plate oi" lthe container and having a discharge outlet, a reciprocal pump operable within the cylinder for withdrawing the liquid from the bottle through said tube and discharging it through the outlet.

6. In an apparatus for dispensing beverages and the like comprising` a container having an enlarged lower mouth portion and a relatively constructed upper portion, a bottle adapted to be received through the mouth ot the receptacle and movable means for retaining Vthe bottle within the conhnes of the receptacle, a stopper lixedly secured to the upper wall ot the receptacle and centrally located with respect thereto for engaging the mouth ot the bottle, a tube entending downwardly through Said stopper and into the interior of the bottle, pumping mechanism superimposed and secured to the top of the receptacle and including a cylinder adapted to contain a determined quantity ot water with valvular means preventing the return thereto to the bottle, and a piston operable in said cylinder to withdraw and discharge liquid from the cylinder through an outletprovided thereby.

Signed at Chicago, in the county ot' Cook and State of Illinois, this 20th day of J une,

` ROBERT BENEDICT TRACY. 

